(ANSA) - MILAN, 10 FEB - First sentence in the trial for the railway disaster of Pioltello, in the Milanese area, in which on 25 January 2018, following the derailment of the regional Cremona-Milano Porta Garibaldi, 3 people died and a hundred or so were injured.
Before the fifth penalty in Milan, today Ernesto Salvatore, then head of the Treviglio Maintenance Unit of the Italian railway network, made a bargaining for 4 years, among the 10 defendants for culpable railway disaster, manslaughter, negligent injuries and only for some "removal or intentional abuse of precautions against accidents at work ".
The trial for the others continues on February 22nd.
The college (president Alessandra Clemente) ratified the attitude, agreed between the prosecution and the defense, recognizing the defendant the generic extenuating circumstances, because they are cleansed, equivalent to the aggravating circumstances and establishing for him (present in the courtroom) also the ban from public office for 5 years.
And the compensation for legal costs for dozens of civil parties.
A previous three and a half year plea bargain proposal for Salvatore had been rejected, due to the incongruity of the sentence, by the squad Anna Magelli in a preliminary hearing.
For the other defendants, including, in addition to RFI also civilian responsible, there are the former CEO Maurizio Gentile, now extraordinary commissioner for the insecurity of the A24 and A25, and other former managers, employees and technicians, the trial, which resulted from the investigation of the pm MauraRipamonti and Leonardo Lesti,
it will continue on February 22, always before the fifth penalty (president of the LuisaSavoia college).
(HANDLE).